Reply #33: exactly. you have to pay attention to the word contortion

[RainDog]

this statement ignores the reality that vaporizing removes most all particulants and that doctors and others who work in this medical field (of course there are outliers) find that the issue of inhalation is really inconsequential compared to the benefits for cancer patients - doctors with long histories dealing with cancer and medical marijuana are on record saying this.

pharmas have been trying to play a catch-up game to whole plant cannabis. they thought they could isolate and synthesize just one cannabinoid and get around the medical reality - but the medical reality is that the whole plant has cannabinoids that work together.

AND

beyond the issue of medical marijuana - it's really not the govt's business to tell people if they may inhale cannabis or cigarettes or incense or steaming water or perfume... and on and on.

it's just repulsive to see Obama demonstrate how regressive he is - how much he favors power over people.

Cannabis laws are some of the most racist and classist in this nation in their application, and always have been. Cannabis laws are anti-science. And THIS is what Obama is upholding.